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Draft Selections
Trey'Dez Green Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Trey'Dez Green
TE LSU
Chris Peal Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Chris Peal
CB Syracuse
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (KC)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Koi Perich Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (KC)
Koi Perich
S Oregon
Whit Weeks Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (KC)
Whit Weeks
LB LSU
Braelin Moore Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (KC)
Braelin Moore
C LSU
Dylan Raiola Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (KC)
Dylan Raiola
QB Oregon
TJ Metcalf Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (KC)
TJ Metcalf
S Michigan
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB NeedC+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Chiefs won the night they stopped Pieper from sliding. Grade: B-.

The Chiefs spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Kade Pieper, the No. 47 name on the board, in No. 75.

The cost of the Peal reach is exactly the players who went right after him. With running back, interior defensive lineman and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them.

The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. On the needs board they went 3 of 6, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Trey'Dez Green
Trey'Dez Green slipping to the Round 1 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick63 Rnd2 Chris Peal
A want over a need in slot 63: Chris Peal adds a cornerback while running back, interior defensive lineman and other spots keeps waiting.
Pick75 Rnd3 Kade Pieper
They barely believed it either: Kade Pieper still on the board at Round 3, Pick 11. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick95 Rnd3 Nyck Harbor
This one needs a full-page explanation: Nyck Harbor in No. 95, miles early. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick133 Rnd4 Koi Perich
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 133rd overall pick on Koi Perich with running back, interior defensive lineman and other spots unsolved.
Pick168 Rnd5 Whit Weeks
A slide stopped in pick 168, with Whit Weeks worth more than the price. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick177 Rnd5 Braelin Moore
Braelin Moore at pick No. 177 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick212 Rnd6 Dylan Raiola
They took Dylan Raiola at par in the 212th pick, which is nothing to complain about. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick256 Rnd7 TJ Metcalf
A clean, defensible pick in No. 256 with a little surplus value in TJ Metcalf. This was not a hole anyone had circled.